Eight people were found dead and
about 30 others injured inside a brutally hot semitrailer parked in a Walmart
parking lot in San Antonio, Texas, in what authorities are calling "a horrific
scene."One of the injured later died, officials said, bringing the death
toll to nine in what police described as an apparent human smuggling attempt.
Officials had first said two additional people had died, but later corrected the
number to one.

Authorities became aware of the truck overnight after a
Walmart employee, who had been approached by someone who had been in the truck
asking for water, notified police of the interaction, San Antonio Police Chief
William McManus said this morning at a press conference, alongside other
officials from the city.

"We're looking at a human-trafficking crime
here," McManus said....Meanwhile, surveillance video from the store showed
that a number of vehicles entered the parking lot and "picked up lots of folks
that were in that trailer that survived the trip," McManus
said....

Thomas Homan, acting Director for U.S. Immigration and Customs
Enforcement (ICE), weighed in on the incident, calling it a "horrific
crime.""By any standard, the horrific crime uncovered last night ranks as a
stark reminder of why human smuggling networks must be pursued, caught and
punished," Homan said in a statement. "These networks have repeatedly shown a
reckless disregard for those they smuggle.".... http://abcnews.go.com/US/dead-30-injured-found-inside-semi-trailer-walmart/story?id=48799989